Letters to the editor: March 21

Mother's story about daughter's death made me cry

To the mother of the little girl who killed herself because of relentless bullying, I am so very sorry for your loss. I know this sentiment is totally inadequate. I cried when I read the article, because things like this should not happen. Those who bully are truly ignorant and have no feelings for others.

If standing up against bullying becomes the popular thing to do, perhaps this scourge can be eradicated. You can make a difference in someone's life and you will feel better for it.

Ellen Mucha

Monticello

Hard to know the facts in one-sided article on bullying

My heart goes out to Angel Green's mom. I cannot even begin to wrap my head around what she is going through. I know she must be searching everywhere possible to understand why and how this tragedy happened.

That said, I found the March 19 J&C article to be very irresponsible. I can understand this mom needs a voice, and the paper tried to give her one, but the J&C should not have printed as facts so many points that cannot be commented on by school or law enforcement. Because of privacy policy and laws, we can't know what was done by the schools, law enforcement and others to address this particular case.

Bullying is an issue, a big one, and no child should ever feel they can't go on due to the actions of others. The J&C's article can only give fuel to rumors and more bullying with its lack of corroborating facts.

Sheila Blackwell

Vicksburg, Mich.

Meeting halfway on the questions about time change

Complex problems sometimes can have simple solutions. This one does, however, require Congress to work together to save daylight.

Congress, can you say compromise? Next April 1, everyone who normally changes time only moves their clocks a half-hour. Everyone would be happy leaving more light at both ends of the day. And to make life easier in the future, we stay on that time all year. The only other solution would be to go to metric time.